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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH, INC |
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SUMMER INSTITUTE 2009 |
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Law and Economics Program
Meeting |
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Christine Jolls, Organizer |
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Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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July 22-23, 2009 |
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PROGRAM |
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 22: |
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8:00 am |
Coffee and Pastries |
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8:30 am |
ALBERT CHOI, |
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Shrink
Wraps: Who Should Bear the Cost of Communicating Mass-Market Contract Terms? |
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(Joint with Yeon-Koo Che, |
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Discussant: LOUIS KAPLOW, |
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9:25 am |
OLIVER HART, |
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(Joint with Bengt Holmstrom, MIT
and NBER) |
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Discussant: AARON EDLIN, UC,
Berkeley and NBER |
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10:20 am |
Break |
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10:35 am |
ALAN SCHWARTZ, |
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(Joint with Joel Watson, UC, |
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Discussant: ABRAHAM WICKELGREN, University of |
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11:30 am |
Break |
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11:45 am |
VIRAL V. ACHARYA, Stern School,
New York University |
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(Joint with Ramin Baghai-Wadji,
London Business School, and Krishnamurthy Subramanian, Goizueta Business
School, Emory University) |
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Discussant: RADHA IYENGAR, |
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12:40
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Lunch |
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1:30 pm |
DAVID
S. ABRAMS, University of |
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Did TRIPS Spur Innovation? An Empirical Analysis
of Patent Duration and Incentives to Innovate |
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Discussant: DANIEL RUBINFELD, UC, Berkeley and NBER |
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Corporate Law and Investor
Protection (co-organized with Lucian Bebchuk) |
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2:25 pm |
ALLEN FERRELL, |
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(Joint with Martijn Cremers, |
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Thirty
Years of Corporate Governance: Determinants & Equity Prices |
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Discussant: RANDALL MORCK, |
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3:20 pm |
Break |
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3:35 pm |
DALIDA KADYRZHANOVA, |
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(Joint with Kose John, |
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Agency
Costs of Idiosyncratic Volatility, Corporate Governance, and Investment |
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Discussant: BRUCE CARLIN, |
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4:30 pm |
LI JIN, |
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(Joint
with Zhonglan Dai, School of Management, University of Texas, Dallas and
Weining Zhang, School of Management, University of Texas, Dallas) |
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Discussant: JUSTIN WOLFERS, |
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5:25 pm |
Adjourn |
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6:30 pm |
Group Dinner, Restaurant Dante,
Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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THURSDAY, JULY 23: |
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8:15 am |
Coffee and Pastries |
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8:45 am |
J.J. PRESCOTT, University of |
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KATHRYN SPIER, |
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(Joint with Albert Yoon, |
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Trial and Settlement: A Study of High-Low Agreements |
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Discussant: ANDREW DAUGHETY, |
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9:40 am |
RICHARD T. BOYLAN, |
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(Joint with |
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Discussant: JONAH ROCKOFF, |
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10:35 am |
Break |
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Special session on judges and lawyers |
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10:50 am |
CLAIRE LIM, |
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Discussant: DANIEL KLERMAN, University of Southern |
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11:45 am |
PAUL OYER, |
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(Joint with Scott Schaefer, |
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The Returns to Attending a Prestigious Law School |
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Discussant: HANMING FANG, |
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12:40 pm |
Lunch |
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Special session on consumer protection |
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1:30 pm |
VIKRANT VIG, |
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(Joint with Tomasz Piskorski,
Columbia Business School and Amit Seru, Booth School of Business, University
of Chicago) |
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Securitization and Distressed Loan Renegotiation: Evidence from the
Subprime Mortgage Crisis |
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Discussant: JEREMY TOBACMAN, |
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2:25 pm |
ERIC ZITZEWITZ, |
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(Joint with Jonathan Zinman, |
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Discussant: KIP VISCUSI, |
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3:20 pm |
Break |
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3:35 pm |
MARK HOEKSTRA, |
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(Joint with Paige Marta Skiba,
Vanderbilt University Law School and Scott Hankins, College of Public Health,
University of Kentucky) |
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The
Ticket to Easy Street? The Financial Consequences of Winning the Lottery |
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Discussant: BETSEY STEVENSON, |
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4:30 pm |
RYAN BUBB, |
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(Joint with Alex Kaufman, |
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Discussant: XAVIER GABAIX, |
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5:25 pm |
Adjourn |